Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1917 — MUST BE READY TO SUCCEED [ARTICLE]

MUST BE READY TO SUCCEED

Congratulated on Munition Work Charles M. Schwab Tells Amusing Yarn About Jake. Charles M. Schwab, congratulated* on his munition work, said in Loretto: “To succeed in munition work or in anything else you must bo ready— as ready as Jake. - “Jake and Joe were brothers, and they were both very hard up. One day a man called at their rooms and asked for Jake —and Joe, thinking the visitor was a dun, said: ; “‘l’m afraid you can’t see Jake.’ * ‘Oh, I must see him,’ said the taller, ‘without fail.’ “ ‘l’m sorry,’’ said Joe, ‘but Jake left town yesterday.’ “ ‘Pshaw,’ said the visitor, “that’s too bad. I wanted to pay him |IOO I owe him, and I’m going abroad today.’. v ’ > ‘“Oh,’ said Joe, That’s easy. Jake came back this morning.’”—Washington Star.